Any album with ‘Without The Love’ on it would have to end up somewhere in the Top 10.

7

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

Even when you discount the shock and awe release strategy this is still a monster. As good as it is, though, we’d still love to hear the one she was due to release earlier in the year.

6

ARTPOP

Lady Gaga

Gaga used to make being amazing look easy. These days she makes it look like hard work, but she still gets there in the end.

5

Electric

Pet Shop Boys

Disco bells.

4

Samson & Delilah

VV Brown

In comeback terms this makes the whole Lazarus thing look like someone going down the shops for a pint of milk and a packet of Quavers.

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3

Prism

Katy Perry

On the first few listens we mourned the absence of obvious bangers. Gradually, we began to realise that ‘Prism’ was the defining Superstar Pop record of a very pensive year in music.

2

Heartthrob

Tegan & Sara

You could listen to this album and this album alone for days on end, couldn’t you? That’s a rhetorical question by the way: we did, and it was one of the best days-on-ends of our 2013.

1

True Romance

Charli XCX

The songwriting is exquisite, the production completely breathtaking, the overall vision both flawlessly plotted and magnificently executed. And it’s the only album on this list without a single dud track.